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Violence Prevention Organization CBPSC Faces Funding Cuts

Atlanta Daily World - August 19, 2025

CBPSC, Community-Based Public Safety (CBPS) Collective, is a relationship-based violence prevention and intervention model in which residents are employed and trained as credible, trusted...

Atlanta’s Disadvantaged Communities Would Benefit from Tort Reform

Atlanta Daily World - February 20, 2025

Atlanta is in the midst of an economic boom: Thousands of people are moving to the city every year to take advantage of a...

What We Can Learn From Octavia Butler in Times of Chaos

Word In Black - February 20, 2025

Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due are leaning into Butler’s Afrofuturistic vision to save hearts “in the midst of stress.” By Aaron Foley In case you haven’t...

Civil Rights Leader and Foot Soldier for Justice Rev. Eric Terrell Passes Away

Roz Edward - January 30, 2025

As Ambassador Andrew Young said of the passing of Congressman John Lewis "there is going to be a great camp meeting in the sky,"...

Goddaughter of Dr. King, Donzaleigh Abernathy, to Give Keynote Address at SIUE’s 42nd Annual MLK Luncheon

Atlanta Daily World - January 21, 2025

The actress-author and her siblings grew up with the King children and the Roberts family of actors Southern Illinois University Edwardsville welcomes actress and author...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Voice Earns Posthumous Grammy Win for Sermon at Ebenezer Baptisit Church

Atlanta Daily World - January 16, 2025

by Amber Ogden When the name Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. comes up, it’s easy to picture him standing on the steps of the Lincoln...

Traffic Stops, Racial Disparities, and the Call for Systemic Reform

Atlanta Daily World - December 27, 2024

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Traffic stops remain the most common reason for police-initiated contact across all racial groups, according to a...

Deep-Seated Racial Wealth Gaps In Chicago, New Report Reveals

Hunter Gilmore - August 5, 2024

A groundbreaking report from The New School’s Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy, in collaboration with the Chicago Community Trust, has cast a...

Time for Democrats to Get Off Defense

Word In Black - July 11, 2024

“Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black, examines the issues, the candidates, and what’s at stake for Black America in...

My ‘Black Job’ Is to Protect Democracy

Word In Black - July 10, 2024

Yes, Joe Biden is a flawed candidate, but Donald Trump is a threat to America. Our Black job, if there is such a thing,...

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